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DRAGON
Definition of DRAGON
noun
A mythical reptilian or serpentine creature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English dragoun, borrowed from Old French dragon, from Latin dracō(n), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”), probably from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Displaced Old English wyrm, whence modern worm. Mostly displaced Old English draca (whence modern drake)—from the same Latin source, as are Draco, Dracon, dracone, and dragoon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DRAGON · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DRAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DRAGON starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADGNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DRAGON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DRAGON?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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